More trouble as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the travel documents of suspended minister Betta Edu and her predecessor Sadiya Umar-Farouq who are being probed for various alleged financial malfeasance in the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry.
Betta was grilled by EFCC on Tuesday in Abuja over alleged N585m disbursement fraud.
After the marathon interrogation, the embattled minister was released on bail late Tuesday but asked to report everyday to the EFCC office daily over the matter.
Both Edu and her predecessor are expected back at the Commission’s office on Wednesday anytime from 11am for further interrogation.
The embattled minister came alongside her aides and lawyer and is currently facing EFCC investigators.
Edu was caught in a N585m disbursement scandal involving the humanitarian affairs ministry, attracting widespread criticisms from rights groups and activists.
On Monday, President Bola Tinubu suspended the 37-year-old with immediate effect.
The President also ordered EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, “to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions” involving the ministry and “one or more agencies thereunder”.
Meanwhile, the EFCC further quizzed Edu’s predecessor, Umar-Farouq, on Tuesday, the second straight day. The ex-minister is being probed over an alleged laundering of N37.1 billion during her tenure as a minister.
She was allowed to go home on Tuesday after a marathon interrogation and is expected to return on Wednesday for further clarifications on sundry issues that the Commission flagged in the course of its preliminary investigations.